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May.14.2013
The blessed need to read
by Chris Rodell
(664 words) Reading is maybe the one passion that’ll ensure you’ll never need friends while assuring you’ll always have as many...
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May.22.2013
I hate it when I don't blog
by Mary Wilkinson
I hate it when I don't blog. My brain gets clogged up with ideas and thoughts and irrational behaviour sets in. I start ranting...
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Apr.27.2013
Dimensions
by Harrison Solow
This day seems surrealistic and there is a shift in the space-time continuum which makes it seem like everything is amorphous,...
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May.19.2013
The Backstory as Defence Lawyer
by Katherine Gregor
In a recent post on The Red Room, Orna B. Raz makes a very interesting case for the fiction writer’s ability to...
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May.16.2013
You Are Not Everyone Else, Quit Acting Like...
by David Niall Wilson
The new face of publishing has really set the Internet on its ear.  Pundits abound.  Lists are everywhere.  I’m...
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May.16.2013
Rental Property
by Barbara Froman
My late father-in-law built a birdhouse for our yard. It was a simple thing—a box, painted dark brown, with a peaked roof, a...
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May.09.2013
The Man who Stopped Writing
by Rebbecca Hill
It was an ordinary day. The air smelled of honey, the bees buzzed to and fro. Clyde walked to the cafe with his book bag in hand...
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May.14.2013
Getting to the Finish Line Before Retiring
by Louise B Nayer
Over the past few months, five people I have known have died---two were in their eighties but two were in their sixties(my decade...
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Apr.30.2013
My Eleven Commandments: aka The Searcher...
by Jill Jepson
I have been a nearly lifelong doubter. Not a nonbeliever, but not a believer, either. I’ve dipped my toes into more faiths than I...
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Apr.30.2013
Remembering May Day
by Patricia Lantz
I remember May Day fun, all of us kids smiling and laughing, holding onto ribbons, dancing around a decorated pole, going over...
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Apr.30.2013
Teeming With Villains and Villainesses
by Sarah Stone
When I'm at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference, or reading The Writer's Chronicle, I'm always amazed by...
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May.01.2013
GOLDEN AGE STAR HAS DIED...
by Manny Pacheco
The child star who began her cinematic career appearing with Judy Garland in an MGM two-reeler has passed away. Deanna Durbin...
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May.14.2013
Whine Merchants: Privilege, Inequality and...
by Tim Wise
But what about us? It’s a question of which white folks seem never to tire when discussing subjects like affirmative action...
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May.23.2013
Have Faith
by Jodi Thompson
  I cringe when people thank the Lord for saving them in a disaster, particularly when other people were injured or killed....
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May.08.2013
E-books and Emmeline Pankhurst and the Last...
by Dorothy Nixon
Pages from my Grandfather's Montreal City Hall File. His post, Director of Services, created in 1921 was intended to streamline...
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May.12.2013
STYLE as Substance (Part One)
by Christopher Meeks
Why is it that some books have you eagerly turning the pages after your bedtime and other books work like sleeping pills? Partly...
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May.19.2013
Madre
by Luke James
Except for the peerless blue of the sky the world is black and white. The sun blasts all color from the streets ricocheting it up...
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May.08.2013
A Different Kind of Warm
by Evan Pullins
I stare into his eyes, icy covered blues with white lines. Bruises under his eyes and short blonde hair, standing on a stained...
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May.09.2013
The Children’s Hour
by Anne Born
My mother did not like Mother’s Day.  All I can remember was her calling it a Hallmark Holiday.  She said it was just a...
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Mar.18.2013
Caroline Leavitt, Best-selling Author, On...
by David Henry Sterry
We first met Caroline Leavitt at the Miami Book Festival. If you ever have the chance to go to the Miami Book Festival, do...
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Apr.28.2013
Just Chill
by Eva Schlesinger
In what was a culinary first for pastry chefs everywhere, Baking Expert Chef E has done it again. Chef E, who trained at the...
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May.11.2013
I Want My Mother Back.
by Lisa Solod
I want my mean, bitchy, drunk mother back. The mother who was depressed and melancholy, who said cruel things about my work and...
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Apr.26.2013
Exploring the World? Why? Why Not?
by Bruce Douglas Reeves
          Why, people ask, do I wander the world?  Why do my wife and I spend...
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May.19.2013
Overcoming Negative Thinking
by Margie McKinnon
“The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”  While bedridden with...
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May.25.2013
Noble County Relay For Life surpasses goal
by Mark Hunter
     Relay Walkers surpassed their fundraising goal for this year's Noble County Relay For Life, raising an...
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May.25.2013
Keep Your Children Safe
by Margie McKinnon
 The riveting story about the three girls who were kidnapped and raped, then kept prisoner for over  a decade has...
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May.13.2013
The Soul of Juan de Pareja
by Terence Clarke
The portrait of Juan de Pareja by Velázquez that hangs in a gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan is surrounded...
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Sep.12.2012
Sell Your eBook on Red Room
by Red Room Parlor Tricks
If you’re an author, traditionally or self-published, you can now sell your eBooks on Red Room! Plus, if you’re a Premium Member...
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May.18.2013
Two Characters Walk Into a Room
by Jane Wilson
Two of my favorite characters are Miss Spinster and Judge I.M. Oldenbald. I like them because they wear the same clothes much of...
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May.22.2013
I hate it when I don't blog
by Mary Wilkinson
I hate it when I don't blog. My brain gets clogged up with ideas and thoughts and irrational behaviour sets in. I start ranting...
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May.24.2013
Today is...A DAY.
by Jules Jacob
It’s a great pleasure to announce the advance copies of The Glass Sponge shipped today. I’m also pleased to announce the official...
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May.18.2013
"To feel what another feels by walking...
by Catherine Nagle
  With 23 years between my two children, I entered a different world in 1995 when my second child was born, of the demands...
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Oct.23.2008
When I Was A Kid, They Told Me I'd...
by David Niall Wilson
She pulled back the curtains and glanced into the backyard. He was out there again. All she could see was his dirty jeans and one...
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Aug.23.2008
The Grind, or "Douce Campagna"
by DeLana R.A. Dameron
I spent this summer between two residencies and traveling. I spent this summer writing and writing. At what I thought was the end...
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Sep.12.2008
Mindful Movements Made Easy
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has developed exercises called Mindful Movements. These simple,...
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Jan.29.2009
'Have Drank' or 'Have Drunk...
by June Casagrande
From my January 27 column on tips for using the dictionary: Is it “I have drunk my coffee” or “I have drank my coffee”? Do you...
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